A helpful navigational landmark in the middle of town.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park
0.96 MILES
This national historical park sits regally atop Khao Wang (Palace Hill), surveying the city with subdued opulence. Rama IV built the palace and dozens ofā¦
26.21 MILES
Thailandās largest national park is surprisingly close to civilisation but shelters an intense tangle of wilderness that sees relatively few tourists. Itā¦
Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand Rescue Centre & Elephant Refuge
22.51 MILES
This centre, 45km northwest of Hua Hin, cares for over 700 animals, including bears, tigers, gibbons, macaques, loris and birds. There's also anā¦
0.21 MILES
Centrally located, gleaming white Wat Mahathat is one impressive temple. The showpiece is a 42m-tall five-tiered Ayuthaya-style prang (corn-cob shapedā¦
27.91 MILES
With a breezy seaside location 12km north of Hua Hin, this summer palace ā Phra Ratchaniwet Mrigadayavan ā was built in 1924 during the reign of Rama VIā¦
22.05 MILES
This sleepy canalside village has become a popular destination among Bangkok's city folk, who come here to enjoy its quintessential semirural setting. Theā¦
25.58 MILES
This is probably Thailand's most real-feeling floating market, but it's also the most difficult to reach. A handful of vendors coalesce along an openā¦
2.43 MILES
About 4km north of town is Khao Luang Cave, a dramatic stalactite-stuffed cavern that's one of Thailandās most impressive cave shrines, and a favourite ofā¦
Nearby attractions
0.21 MILES
Centrally located, gleaming white Wat Mahathat is one impressive temple. The showpiece is a 42m-tall five-tiered Ayuthaya-style prang (corn-cob shapedā¦
0.23 MILES
Not a fully fledged museum, rather there are 32 large nÄng yĆ i shadow puppets, made by the former abbot, displayed on light boxes in Wat Plabplachai's oldā¦
0.35 MILES
This temple west of the city centre has a century-old hÅr Ärai (sacred manuscript library) on stilts in a pond to protect the contents against termitesā¦
0.38 MILES
This expansive temple, founded in the late Ayuthaya era, holds quite a bit of history. Foremost are the faded murals inside the beautiful bĆ²ht (ordinationā¦
0.42 MILES
A 13th-century remnant of the time when the Angkor (Khmer) kingdom stretched from present-day Cambodia all the way to the Malay peninsula, this shrine wasā¦
6. Wat Phra Phuttaya Saiyat (Wat Phra Non)
0.65 MILES
The main attraction at this temple, also known as Wat Phra Non (the Reclining Buddha Temple), is 43m long. It's almost as big as the famous Wat Pho inā¦
0.77 MILES
Construction of this elegant summer palace, an incredible art-nouveau creation, began in 1910 at the behest of Rama V (who died just after the project wasā¦
8. Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park Eastern Entrance
0.87 MILES
The east (front) entrance is across from Th Ratwithi and involves a not-too-strenuous footpath.